First part of federal election guide launched
Australia's next federal election is due to be held by May 2025. There are redistributions underway for three states, but the other 50 electorates...
Podcast #100: Redistributions all around Australia
Ben is joined by ABC chief election analyst Antony Green for the 100th episode of the Tally Room podcast to discuss the many redistributions...
Political impact of expanding territorial Senate numbers
As a follow-up to Thursday's blog post, I wanted to look into the question of what would actually happen if the territories were granted...
Federal redistributions – seat quota update
At the start of this year I put together two blog posts looking at likely trends in how the redistributions might be drawn in...
Why should equal Senate representation stop at Tasmania?
There was a lot of discussion yesterday after Senator Don Farrell, the Special Minister of State, indicated the government is still intending to expand...
Double dissolution prospects
There's been a lot of talk about double dissolutions in recent weeks, with the federal Labor government threatening an early election in particular over...
Federal seat count for next election locked in
The Australian Electoral Commission made it official last week: the House of Representatives will shrink by one seat. New South Wales and Victoria will...
Rockingham by-election open thread
9:15 - It looks like we've got most of the 2PP count we'll get tonight and the swing is sitting on just over 22%,...
Podcast #99: History of STV in the USA
Ben is joined by American political scientist Jack Santucci to discuss the history of the single transferable vote electoral system and its implementation in...
WA redistribution – follow-up analysis
I wrote a quick blog post yesterday after the release of the draft electoral map for the next Western Australian state election. Now I'm...